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| − | + | '''Langdon Cheves''', a Representative from [[South Carolina]]; born September 17, 1776, in Bulltown Fort, near Rocky River, Ninety-sixth District (now Abbeville County), S.C., where the [[settlers]] had taken refuge from the onslaught of the [[Cherokee Indians]] | |
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| + | * [[homeschooling|received his early education at his home]] and Andrew Weed’s School near Abbeville, S.C. | ||
| + | * Joined his father in [[Charleston]], S.C., in 1786 and continued his schooling in that city | ||
| + | * Studied [[law]] | ||
| + | * Was admitted to the bar October 14, 1797, and commenced practice in Charleston | ||
| + | * City [[alderman]] in 1802 | ||
| + | * Member of the State house of representatives 1802-1804 and 1806-1808 | ||
| + | * Elected [[attorney general]] of the State in 1808 | ||
| + | * Elected as a [[Republican]] to the Eleventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert Marion, having previously been elected to the Twelfth Congress | ||
| + | * Reelected to the Thirteenth Congress, and served from December 31, 1810, to March 3, 1815 | ||
| + | * Succeeded [[Henry Clay]] as [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] during the second session of the Thirteenth Congress | ||
| + | * Chairman, [[Committee on Ways and Means]] (Twelfth Congress), Committee on the Naval Establishment (Twelfth Congress) | ||
| + | * Declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1814 to the Fourteenth Congress and also the position of [[Secretary of the Treasury]] tendered by [[James Madison|President Madison]] | ||
| + | * Resumed the practice of law | ||
| + | * Elected associate justice of law and appeal in December 1816 | ||
| + | * Resigned in 1819 | ||
| + | * Declined to accept an appointment as [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] | ||
| + | * Elected president of the [[National Bank|Bank]] of the United States March 6, 1819, and held this office until 1822, when he resigned | ||
| + | * Chief commissioner of claims under the treaty of Ghent | ||
| + | * Resided in [[Philadelphia]] and [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] 1819-1826 and in Lancaster, Pa., 1826-1829 | ||
| + | * Returned to South Carolina in 1829 | ||
| + | * Engaged extensively in the cultivation of [[rice]] in South Carolina and [[Georgia]] | ||
| + | * Tendered an appointment by the [[Governor]] of South Carolina to the [[United States Senate]] to fill the vacancy caused by the death of [[John C. Calhoun]], but declined | ||
| + | * Delegate to the Southern convention at [[Nashville]], Tenn., in 1850 and to the State convention at Columbia, S.C., in 1852 | ||
| + | * Died in Columbia, S.C., June 26, 1857 | ||
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| + | * Interment in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C. | ||
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Revision as of 09:02, November 14, 2007
Langdon Cheves, a Representative from South Carolina; born September 17, 1776, in Bulltown Fort, near Rocky River, Ninety-sixth District (now Abbeville County), S.C., where the settlers had taken refuge from the onslaught of the Cherokee Indians
- received his early education at his home and Andrew Weed’s School near Abbeville, S.C.
- Joined his father in Charleston, S.C., in 1786 and continued his schooling in that city
- Studied law
- Was admitted to the bar October 14, 1797, and commenced practice in Charleston
- City alderman in 1802
- Member of the State house of representatives 1802-1804 and 1806-1808
- Elected attorney general of the State in 1808
- Elected as a Republican to the Eleventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert Marion, having previously been elected to the Twelfth Congress
- Reelected to the Thirteenth Congress, and served from December 31, 1810, to March 3, 1815
- Succeeded Henry Clay as Speaker of the House of Representatives during the second session of the Thirteenth Congress
- Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (Twelfth Congress), Committee on the Naval Establishment (Twelfth Congress)
- Declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1814 to the Fourteenth Congress and also the position of Secretary of the Treasury tendered by President Madison
- Resumed the practice of law
- Elected associate justice of law and appeal in December 1816
- Resigned in 1819
- Declined to accept an appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Elected president of the Bank of the United States March 6, 1819, and held this office until 1822, when he resigned
- Chief commissioner of claims under the treaty of Ghent
- Resided in Philadelphia and Washington 1819-1826 and in Lancaster, Pa., 1826-1829
- Returned to South Carolina in 1829
- Engaged extensively in the cultivation of rice in South Carolina and Georgia
- Tendered an appointment by the Governor of South Carolina to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John C. Calhoun, but declined
- Delegate to the Southern convention at Nashville, Tenn., in 1850 and to the State convention at Columbia, S.C., in 1852
- Died in Columbia, S.C., June 26, 1857
- Interment in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.